Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.news From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: news Thu, Apr 16 1992 Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 05:42:24 EDT Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update April 16, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BUSH DOG TOPS FAMILY EARNINGS: Presidential dog Millie earned more money than President Bush. The Bushes' 1991 tax return, released Wednesday, shows the Bushes earned more than $1.3 million and paid $204,841 in federal taxes. Part of those earnings - $889,176 - came from "Millie's Book" by Barbara Bush. President Bush receives an annual salary of $200,000. Bush "is taking it very well," said spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. STATE COURTS JAMMED: The USA's state court system is becoming overwhelmed with cases. The number of cases filed in state courts topped 100 million in 1990, the National Center for State Courts reports next week. Between 1984 and 1990, civil cases increased 30% to 18.4 million and criminal cases rose 33% to 13 million. The biggest increases have come in civil cases involving contracts or property disputes. TEXAS CAN COUNT ON TWISTERS: As tornado season moves toward its peak months of May and June, a USA TODAY computer analysis shows that Houston's home county stands the greatest chance of being hit by twisters this year. The analysis, the first such county-by-county probability study, plotted every confirmed tornado in the USA in the last 20 years. Harris County has a 99.2% chance of being hit this year. EXPERTS CHANGE ADVICE TO PARENTS: Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome can be cut if babies sleep on their backs or sides - not on their stomachs, the American Academy of Pediatrics said Wednesday. Prone is what most U.S. physicians advise, but research supports a change, says the group's Dr. John Kattwinkel. Stomach-sleeping has been advised to prevent choking on vomit, which is "very rare," says the academy. WHERE DEER AND ANTELOPE PLAY: Female antelope in search of a mate may just put their noses to the ground. A new study suggests the scent of the dirt in a male antelope's breeding territory may explain why some males attract bigger harems during spring courting, according to zoologists James Deutsch and Rory Nefdt of Cambridge, England. They say it could be scents deposited by successful males or visiting females. LIBYAN SANCTIONS HOLD: Libya tested United Nations sanctions Wednesday and found them solid. Several Libyan flights were denied landing rights and diplomats around the world were sent packing as U.N. Security sanctions stopping air traffic, halting arms shipments and reducing diplomatic relations went into effect. Reason: Libya's refusal to turn over suspects in the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland. UAW MEMBERS BARRED FROM PLANTS: United Auto Workers union members were barred from going back to work Wednesday, after the union agreed to end a fine-month strike against Caterpillar Inc. Workers returning to plants in six Illinois cities found that their security cards did not work. They were given letters saying not to return until notified. Caterpillar said it has not decided how many of the 12,600 workers to rehire. FULL BAD-CHECK LIST OUT: The House ethics committee Thursday will identify 303 former and current House members who wrote bad checks at the House bank during a 39-month period. Many already have admitted to bouncing checks there. On April 1, the panel identified the 22 worst abusers. The panel originally listed 355 members. But 30 lawmakers made the case for their names to be removed. CLINTON USES VOICE TO BASH BUSH: Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Clinton, back from a five-day rest of his vocal cords, Wednesday paid little mind to rival Jerry Brown, focusing his attacks on President Bush and expressing sympathy for Vice President Quayle while pondering his own running mate selection. He hinted he might choose a woman, saying, "...when I choose this person, man or woman, to run with me." L.A. MAY GET BLACK POLICE CHIEF: Philadelphia Police Commissioner Willie Williams is expected to be named Los Angeles' first black police chief Thursday. Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and other officials refused comment until a news conference Thursday morning. Williams beat out five candidates from inside the department. He's earned a reputation for being tough on internal corruption. DOW JONES OPENS ON UPSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Thursday at 3353.76, after closing up 47.63 Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 229.15, up 1.84. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 394.16, up 2.02. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 600.03, up 5.22. MIDWEST GETS A TASTE OF SUMMER: Unseasonably warm temperatures will bake the Midwest Thursday, while heavy thunderstorms whip through the region. A chilly rain will race through New York into southern New England. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms will rock the southern and central Plains. The mid-Atlantic area will get set for a change to warmer and more humid weather. Sunny skies are on tap for the Southeast. News Editor: Beth Mann. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM